Amid the chaos of the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944, Major Digby, a fearless British paratrooper, stood out with an ...

The Prince of Wales is to attend a service to commemorate the allied assault in the Battle of Arnhem. Some 1,500 people are taking part in the parachute jump over the Dutch city, including 97-year ...

The key to success would rest on the British 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem. Ultimately, it was a bridge too far. Follow the fortunes of the British at Arnhem as they desperately attempt to hold ...

Later he became a paratrooper and took part in the invasion of Italy. In September 1944 he was dropped into the Battle of Arnhem—a failed Allied attempt to secure a bridge over the Rhine River.

Paratroopers and gliders packed with men ... Varsity took place just five months after the disastrous Battle of Arnhem, which resulted in 90% casualties to the Glider Pilot Regiment.

creating the projection that gave the battle its name. Stories spread of the massacre of Soldiers and civilians at Malmedy and Stavelot, of paratroopers dropping behind the lines, and of English ...

The Battle of Arnhem, fought in the early autumn of 1944 ... the compromises and mistakes that pitched lightly armed and ill equipped paratroopers and glider infantry into an unequal struggle ...

Remembering Operation Market Garden and the Battle of Arnhem - seventy five years on.Remembering Operation Market Garden and the Battle of Arnhem - seventy five years on. Available for over a year ...

With 2 Para isolated at the Arnhem Bridge and both 1 and 4 Para Brigades ... the remnants of 1st Airborne Division fought a grim battle with the SS supported by reinforcements and armour rushed ...